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3 April 1998 (USA) moreTagline:
Someone knows too much. morePlot:
Bruce Willis is an outcast FBI agent who is assigned to protect a 9 year old autistic boy who is the... more | add synopsisAwards:
2 wins moreNewsDesk:
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Better Circa 2004 more (105 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Bruce Willis | ... | Art Jeffries | |
| Alec Baldwin | ... | Nicholas Kudrow | |
| Miko Hughes | ... | Simon Lynch | |
| Chi McBride | ... | Tommy B. Jordan | |
| Kim Dickens | ... | Stacey | |
| Robert Stanton | ... | Dean Crandell | |
| Bodhi Elfman | ... | Leo Pedranski (as Bodhi Pine Elfman) | |
| Carrie Preston | ... | Emily Lang | |
| Lindsey Ginter | ... | Burrell (as L.L. Ginter) | |
| Peter Stormare | ... | Shayes | |
| Kevin Conway | ... | Lomax | |
| John Carroll Lynch | ... | Martin Lynch | |
| Kelley Hazen | ... | Jenny Lynch | |
| John Doman | ... | Supervisor Hartley | |
| Richard Riehle | ... | Edgar Halstrom |
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Mercury Falling (USA) (working title)Simon (USA) (working title)
Simon Says (USA) (working title)
Simple Simon (USA) (working title)
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Iceland:16 | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba) | Denmark:15 | Canada:AA (Ontario) | South Korea:15 (original rating) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Belgium:KT | Chile:14 | Finland:K-16 | France:U | Germany:16 (w) | Netherlands:16 | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:R | South Korea:18 (DVD rating) | Ireland:15 | Italy:T | Spain:13 | Canada:13+ (Quebec)Fun Stuff
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The wine that Art opens in Kudrow's basement is Chateau Petrus from Pomerol (identifiable by the red seal at the bottom left corner of the label), probably the most expensive Bordeaux red wine, and contrary to what Art said in the movie, even young Petrus costs much more than $75 per bottle. moreGoofs:
Continuity: Waste bin in Leo's flat is under the desk when Leo throws the carbon paper away. Yet when Emily finds bin, it is part way out from underneath desk. moreSoundtrack:
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I just watcehd this on DVD, loved it and was literally stunned to find that most people, in particular those that write movie reviews for a living slated this.
Maybe its because in 2004, some six years after its original release we are seeing a revival of the action/thriller (Bourne Supremacy etc).
So, what didn't I like, not much. I would like to have seen more made of the kids codebreaking, they could really have milked that and didn't, the opening scene was just to cliché in setting up Willis's character as were the characters of his big black boss and hard nosed chief. The very last scene was typical US syrup but was thankfully very short.
What was good? everything else, I loved the idea behind the story, Miko Hughes is totally amazing to the point I had to check the next day to find out how the hell they managed to get a autistic kid to act (is isn't autistic but is a damn fine actor), Willis really does add vulnerability to a role that he has played many times before, with the movie underpinned fantastically with a John Barry soundscore and Harold Becker carefully crafts what for me was a very enjoyable movie watching experience and stands head and shoulders above many I have seen recently. 3/5 for me